WEBVTT - Robbers pull off an insane Louvre diamond heist 

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. A heist movie worthy robbery at

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<v Speaker 1>the world's most famous museum, the Louver in Paris, has

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<v Speaker 1>been robbed by jewel thieves who used a crane and

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<v Speaker 1>power tools to steal priceless historic diamonds, emeralds and even

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<v Speaker 1>a crown. It was quite literally a daylight robbery. At

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<v Speaker 1>nine point thirty am on Sunday, Paris time, four thieves

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<v Speaker 1>wearing high Vey's clothing and using a truck mounted crane lift,

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<v Speaker 1>approached the Louver in an area where construction work was underway.

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<v Speaker 1>With an angle grinder and power tools, they broke through

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<v Speaker 1>window glass and entered the Apollong Gallery, just meters from

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<v Speaker 1>the famous Mona Lisa. The thieves ignored one of the

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<v Speaker 1>museum's most prized objects, the so called Regent Diamond, but

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<v Speaker 1>zeroed in on several priceless pieces, including a necklace given

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<v Speaker 1>by Napoleon Bonaparte to his second wife Marie Louis, a

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<v Speaker 1>crown worn by Empress Eugenie, adorned with thousands of diamonds

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<v Speaker 1>and emeralds, and sapphire necklaces, and earrings worn by other

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<v Speaker 1>Royal women. It took just four minutes and the thieves

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<v Speaker 1>got away, but they dropped at least one piece of

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<v Speaker 1>jewelry on their way out, giving police a potential lead. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>French detectives are scanning CCTV and traffic cameras. Francis Culture

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Rashida Datti said the criminals were clearly professionals Aduria,

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<v Speaker 1>Prescoquet Mint, rapid Comedia, profession Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi has

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<v Speaker 1>landed in Washington, DC ahead of a long awaited face

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<v Speaker 1>to face meeting with US President Donald Trump. The two

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<v Speaker 1>leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues, including trade,

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<v Speaker 1>defense and critical minerals. The White House has issued a

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<v Speaker 1>warm welcome to the PM, saying in a statements and

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<v Speaker 1>Albanesi and Trump have a great relationship. In Queensland, the

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<v Speaker 1>Chris A Fuller government will more than double the number

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<v Speaker 1>of scientists working at the state's troubled DNA lab. They're

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<v Speaker 1>hoping the extra hands will help to clear a backlog

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands of forensic samples caught up in a historic

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<v Speaker 1>testing bungle exposed by The Australian's investigative podcast Shandy Story.

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<v Speaker 1>That series by National Chief Correspondent Headley Thomas, investigated the

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<v Speaker 1>unsolved murder of twenty three year old Mackai woman Shandy Blackburn,

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<v Speaker 1>and revealed crime scene samples from sexual assaults and homicides

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<v Speaker 1>were incorrectly tested at the direction of the lab's former

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<v Speaker 1>managers in a bid to speed up turnaround times. You

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<v Speaker 1>can check out those stories live right now at the

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<v Speaker 1>Australian dot com dot au and come back to the

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<v Speaker 1>front first thing in the morning for our look at

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<v Speaker 1>the mysterious behavior of Barnaby Joyce